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ready the door was cautiously raised and the tiger 

 hustled with long spears. He made for the open 

 door, which was dropped on his entrance, and the 

 famous Gidhour man-eater was now a close prisoner. 

 Hundreds of willing hands took hold of the ropes 

 attached to the cage and drew it amid resounding 

 shouts to the surface. The old women and the 

 village children assembled in crowds, and throwing 

 pebbles at the tiger invited him to come now and 

 eat them. " We will singe your whiskers and burn 

 your tail, you coward/' shouted they. This was 

 kept up till the Gidhour station was reached, quite 

 a multitude of persons joining the cortege, until the 

 cage, with its contents, was safely entrained and 

 on the way to Calcutta. Visitors to the Zoo at 

 Alipore may still see this dreaded brute, a label on 

 the cage giving the necessary information to 

 identify him. 



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